Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
GEORGE WASHINGTONMuch was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
More George Washington Quotes
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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